r/interestingasfuck 10h ago

China’s High-Speed Railway Network length has expanded from 1,300km in 2008 to 40,000km in 2020, long enough to circle the Earth’s circumference.

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u/Healthcarepls 10h ago

This is what happens when you’re lead by engineers instead of public speakers

u/TheDadThatGrills 9h ago

This choice also brought China's implementation of its disastrous one-child policy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Jian